Waste Reduction

The Evergreen State College is taking steps, large and small, to minimize landfill waste. Through our composting and recycling programs, and student run programs like the Free Store, our campus is moving towards a zero waste philosophy by 2020.

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To learn more about Recycling and Composting at Evergreen, how to participate and how it happens, visit a link below:

Resources: 

Downloadable Resouces

Trash Bash & Campus Waste Audit (pdf)Master Recycle Sign (pdf)Single Stream Recycle Sign (pdf)Cardboard Recycle Sign (pdf)Glass Recycle Sign (pdf)RAD Compost Sign (pdf) 

Web Resources 

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Regional Silver Springs Organics: Commercial Composting Facility Thurston County HazoHouse - explains where and how to recycle toxic materials in Thurston County Green Disk - Technotrash Can Information Recycling/Composting Earth 911: About Recycling: FAQ's, Videos & more Grass Roots Recycling Network Eco-Cycle Recycling Super Guide 4 2 Explore: Recycling Resources Website Wasted Food: A blog by author writing a book about wasted food BioCycle Magazine Online: Compost & Recycling Science since 1960  E-Waste Basal Action Network General Waste EPA Municiple Solid Waste; 2007 Municipal Solid Waste Report (pdf) EPA Composting Zero Waste Alliance Zero Waste America Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment Center for EcoLiteracy - Systems Thinking Page EIO-LCA: Free, Fast Easy Life Cycle Assessment

Books & Videos

"Waste and Want" by Susan Strasser "Cradle to Cradle" by William McDonough & Michael Braungart "The Story of Stuff" video by Annie Leonard 60 minutes Video "The Electronic Wasteland"